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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek δαφνών (daphnṓn), from δάφνη (dáphnē, “laurel”, “bay”).
Pronunciation
Noun
daphnōn m (genitive daphnōnis); third declension
- a grove of laurels
Declension
Third-declension noun.
References
- “daphnon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- daphnon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “daphnon”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly